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Supporters of the Affordable Care Act are waiting with bated breath to see the eventual outcome of the controversial legislation. Needless to say, opponents of the law which they derisively refer to as “Obamacare,” are seizing any and every opportunity …
Few people believed the government would be shutdown because the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party are so adamant about the repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which they derisively refer to as “ObamaCare”. Yet, here …
Led by Council of Social Work Education (CSWE) President Dr. Darla Spence Coffey, about 160 social workers were enthusiastically welcomed into the historic Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building today for a White House briefing for social workers titled: Addressing …
California Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-13), Chair of the Congressional Social Work Caucus and all-around phenomenal woman of the 21st century has added a new role to her influential leadership portfolio—United States Representative to the United Nations, assuming her appointment by …
The war hawks were circling the White House after Syrian President Bashar Assad’s apparent use of chemical weapons against civilians on August 21. As pressure mounted on President Obama to make good on his threat that using chemical weapons would …
The 50th anniversary of the historic 1963 March on Washington organized by labor leaders A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin that featured the “I Have a Dream” speech by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is a time for …
Declaring in a speech Monday to the American Bar Association that “widespread incarceration at the federal, state, and local levels is both ineffective and unsustainable”, Attorney General Eric Holder announced a number of policy directives aimed at winding down the …
An article in The Hill newspaper reports that the Obama Administration is reaching out to Hollywood celebrities to encourage them to pitch the benefits of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Of course this makes sense because they have fans and …
The Afghani government has expressed irritation with the U.S. amidst scheduled peace talks with Taliban leaders which could begin as early as this week. In a tumultuous region, it can be easy to understand why feeling left out of decisions …
I’m a fan of blind politics. In fact, having a “blind” system has shown itself to be one of the easiest ways to combat system wide discrimination. In Munich, the practice of blind auditions was incorporated into the Munich Philharmonic, …
